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Attractive Unattractive Americans – How the World Sees America Author: Rene Zografos   Rene Zografos is an award winning Norwegian-Greek author of eight books and he is a veteran journalist.  As Rene travels throughout the world, he seeks answers to how other people in other countries see “America” and “Americans.”  I haven’t read a book like this since “The Ugly American” published in 1958 and written by Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer. From Mexico-born ‘Dog Whisperer’ Cesar ... continue reading...

Pretty Is Author: Maggie Mitchell “Mitchell is on her way to a place at the femmes fatales fiction dais with Megan Abbott,…” Library Journal In the same tradition as Megan Abbott (Dare Me) and the earlier Kate Atkinson novels, Mitchell writes about two young lost girls.  With Ms. Mitchell, however, there is a difference.  Mitchell’s lost girls face their demons and find themselves in her debut novel, Pretty Is, while Abbott and Atkinson rely more on psychological tension to keep their ... continue reading...

The Truth According to Us Author: Annie Barrows   Many, many novels choose that young pre-teenage protagonist with whimsical and tragic parents and I thought perhaps this was another re-do on that all American theme by Annie Barrows.  I was wrong.  Willa Romelyn, twelve, does delight us in the tantalizing way that Scout and Idgie have done in previous generations, and yet, Barrows creates a different and unique glow in precocious Willa. The Romelyns were once a first family in ... continue reading...